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Trademarks and Service Marks
The name “Kohl’s” is a registered service mark of one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. We consider this
mark and the accompanying name recognition to be valuable to our business. This subsidiary has over 130
additional registered trademarks, trade names and service marks, most of which are used in our private label
program.
Available Information
Our internet website is www.Kohls.com. Through the “Investor Relations” portion of this website, we make
available, free of charge, our proxy statements, Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
Current Reports on Form 8-K, SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably
practicable after such material has been filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”).
The following have also been posted on our website, under the caption “Investor Relations-Corporate
Governance”:
• Committee charters of our Board of Directors’ Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and
Governance & Nominating Committee
• Report to Shareholders on Social Responsibility
• Corporate Governance Guidelines
• Code of Ethics
Any amendment to or waiver from the provisions of the Code of Ethics that is applicable to our Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or other key finance associates will be disclosed on the “Corporate
Governance” portion of the website.
Information contained on our website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Paper copies of any
of the materials listed above will be provided without charge to any shareholder submitting a written request to
our Investor Relations Department at N56 W17000 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 53051 or
via e-mail to [email protected].
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Forward Looking Statements
This Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” made within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “may,” “intends,” “will,”
“should,” “expects” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition,
statements covering our future sales or financial performance and our plans, performance and other objectives,
expectations or intentions are forward-looking statements, such as statements regarding our liquidity, debt
service requirements, planned capital expenditures, future store openings and adequacy of capital resources and
reserves. There are a number of important factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those
indicated by the forward-looking statements, including among others, those risk factors described below.
Forward-looking statements relate to the date made, and we undertake no obligations to update them.
Declines in general economic conditions, consumer spending levels and other conditions could lead to
reduced consumer demand for our merchandise and cause reductions in our sales and/or gross margin.
Consumer spending habits, including spending for the merchandise that we sell, are affected by, among
other things, prevailing economic conditions, levels of employment, salaries and wage rates, prevailing interest
rates, housing costs, energy costs, income tax rates and policies, consumer confidence and consumer perception
of economic conditions. In addition, consumer purchasing patterns may be influenced by consumers’ disposable
income, credit availability and debt levels.
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